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You have to be aware of the size of the image you are uploading to the KKF server. Thumbnails are generated at 402 pixel horizontal resolution. If your image is only slightly larger than that, then the two images will be close to the same size. Namaxy's uploaded image is 420 x 280, so there is little difference in the size. Keep in mind that if your image is less than 402 horizontal pixels, that a thumbnail is not generated, but the actual image is used. So, check the size of the image you are going to upload. If you start with a small image, that's all you're going to get.

Now, bigger is better, up to a point. Why up to a point? Well, the server software is configured to limit the size of the stored image to 1024 horizontal pixels. If you attempt to upload an image with a higher pixel count, it will be resized.

I appreciate the explanation Rick, but for some reason it isn't working that way for me. I've found there are two ways to load a photo from my computer. 1. Following the exact steps that Dave outlined, and 2. (the way I used to do it) by clicking the insert image icon above the text field. When you 'go advanced, manage attachments' the photo shows, but with the paperclip attachment graphics around it....when you insert image it does so right in the text.

HOWEVER....either way I try, it resizes my photo down to 420 x 280, so that when you click on the inserted image in the post, the resulting pop up image is no larger. The images that I upload are significantly larger, yet they don't scale back to 1024 x 576 as you indicated...they go all the way down to 420 x 280. For example the image in my post above is 5184 x 3456 on my desktop. When I uploaded it, the uploader showed it to be about 5.2 MB. Yet it defaulted back to 420 x 280. Is it possible that the size is too large for it to scale to 1024 x 576?

HOWEVER....either way I try, it resizes my photo down to 420 x 280, so that when you click on the inserted image in the post, the resulting pop up image is no larger. The images that I upload are significantly larger, yet they don't scale back to 1024 x 576 as you indicated...they go all the way down to 420 x 280. For example the image in my post above is 5184 x 3456 on my desktop. When I uploaded it, the uploader showed it to be about 5.2 MB. Yet it defaulted back to 420 x 280. Is it possible that the size is too large for it to scale to 1024 x 576?

I thought of this too. Maybe trying scaling back the 5184x3456 image by 50% then upload it again and see if the server properly resizes it.